Kia looked stunned for a second, hearing the watch speak but that quickly disappeared when he heard the footsteps behind him growing louder. He turned to look and his eyes widened at a figure approaching him. It had the body of a man but its eyes were bloodshot, its skin pale and mottled, and it moved like it was about to fall.
"Mr. Robert," Kia muttered staring at the man who he recognized as the owner of the house but right now he didn't look like himself. His heart pounded in his chest and when he tried to reach the door, stumbled backward and fell to the floor.
Mr. Robert's eyes were lifeless as he lunged at him, hissing and growing like an animal. Kia barely managed to dodge the attack by rolling the other side of the room. The infected man didn't stop one time and his head collided hard with the doorframe.
However, it wasn't long before it regained itself and worse it was now standing by the front door, blocking the exit for Kia's chance to run off.
On the other hand, Kia's heart didn't stop racing as he realized the dire situation he was in. The watch warning was true? Was Mr Robert infected with something or perhaps he was on some kind of medication that was showing some kind of side effects?
Many questions were going through his mind but Whatever the case maybe, he was trapped and still in danger. He had to get off there fast but the unexpected man stood between him and safety.
He looked around the room, looking for something-anything-he could use to defend himself but as his eyes got distracted he didn't know the infected had moved from where it stood and now lunged at him with alarming speed.
In a panic, Kia tried to push the infected man away, but its effort was no use against its strength. Its grip tightened around Kia and it lifted Kia off the ground. "What the fûck!" Kia yelled as it slammed him against a nearby cabinet.
The force of the impact was so strong that it shattered the wood, sending the object crashing to the floor.
Kia groaned in pain, his body that still hadn't fully healed and now he was being mercilessly assaulted by a crazy middle-aged man.
He tried his best to stand up but the infected man was now standing over him. His fingers brushed against something cold and metallic on the ground, he glanced down and saw a pistol lying close to him.
A gun? Why does he have a gun with him before he could answer his question? The infected man began pulling his leg wanting to take a bite.
"Ahh!" Kia yelled out in shock and tried to wiggle his legs free but its grip was just so strong. He managed to grab to gun and aimed it at the infected. "Stay back or I will shoot!" Desperation filled his tone, his voice cracking slightly.
This didn't stop the infected, it pulled louder and inched closer to bite using it's teeth.
"I am warning you, I will shoot!" He placed a finger around the trigger and his arm trembled. He had never fired a gun before so he didn't know what he was doing but the infected showed no sign of stopping. Kia closed his eyes and without thinking he pulled the trigger.
The bullet hit the infected man on his shoulder, it stumbled and let go of Kia's leg. Kia pulled away from it, moving further back until his back was resting against the wall.
His hand shook and his breathing increased as he stared at the man lying on the floor. Was he dead? He thought. Had it killed him? The voice in his head was filled with dread.
Kia's heart raced as he watched the infected man on the floor to see if he was dead. But to his horror, it began to move, slowly and unsteady at first as it attempted to rise from the ground.
With trembling hands, Kia raised the pistol once more, his finger had turned white and all blood drained from his face as the infected rose to its feet.
"Stay down," Kia begged, his voice shaking but the creature didn't listen, it continued to stumble towards him with an unearthly walk.
Kia couldn't believe his eyes. This couldn't be the result of a medication. The voice in his watch had sent something about being infected. What if this was the beginning of a zombie apocalypse? It sounded crazy even to him but right now he couldn't ignore the similarities between mr Robert and a typical zombie: the vacant eyes, the aggressive behavior, and the unnatural strength. It had it all! No normal human would be able to get up so easily after being shot.
"No!" he screamed squeezing the trigger once more.
Bang!
The sound of the gunshot was loud, striking the zombie directly in the head. It let out a gut-tap groan and fell to the floor unmoving.
Kia just sat there, expecting the zombie to rise again like most characters in horror movies. But it didn't.
Only then did it begin to dawn on him once killed someone and he began panicking.
Ding!
[Congratulations on successfully eliminating the infected threat.]
Ding!
[20 points have been awarded to you.]
Kia stared at the watch in his hand and back at the dead man lying on the floor. What does that mean? Is this some kind of game or something? What did it mean by 20 points rewarded?
[The points awarded signify your successful completion of a task within the designated parameters. Your actions have contributed to the containment of the infected threat. Congratulations.]
Startled by the voice, Kia pulled back, wondering how the watch had heard him. Before he could speak his mind, the watch chimed in again.
[I am connected to your brain through neural interface technology, allowing it to interpret your thoughts and respond accordingly.]
And Kia's mouth fell open, leaving him dumbfounded.
[And Kia. This is not game]